The UPSTATE Health Sciences Library team collaborates with a variety of community organizations to identify their health information needs and then to develop programming to meet those needs. In general, the UPSTATE HSL team delivers a minimum of 1 outreach activity per month. As we have grown our community-based programming, we have learned that many of our community partners are not able to provide a computer and/or Internet access in support of our workshops.

New, easy to understand and use tools that are accessible to patients and providers can facilitate better health information seeking and address many barriers associated with low health literacy that result in increased cost and negative outcomes, especially for those patient populations that experience significant health disparities.

Lack of access to treatment for youth living in medically underserved areas with a mental health condition can lead to poor academic performance, substance use, hospitalization, and attempted or completed suicide. The 2008 88tal Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires health insurance plans to provide mental health and substance use disorder benefits equal to those of medical/surgical benefits, and the Affordable Care Act requires plans to offer mental health care benefits.

Lack of access to treatment for youth living in medically underserved areas with a mental health condition can lead to poor academic performance, substance use, hospitalization, and attempted or completed suicide. The 2008 88tal Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires health insurance plans to provide mental health and substance use disorder benefits equal to those of medical/surgical benefits, and the Affordable Care Act requires plans to offer mental health care benefits.

Human papillomavirus HPV remains the major cause of oropharyngeal and cervical cancer. Brigham and 92's Hospital BWH and Team Maureen have collaborated to promote educational efforts for dentists and dental hygienists on the connection of HPV and related cancers. Educational materials in the form of a downloadable Toolkit, were developed from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine NLM resources for use by oral health professionals to educate their patients about the connection between HPV and related cancers and to promote HPV vaccination as cancer prevention.

Team Maureen has been educating a wide variety of audiences about the connection between HPV and cancer since our inception. Although our primary focus has always been cervical cancer, we have broadened our efforts over recent years to include head and neck cancers, as they are all tied to the HPV virus. Our educational programming has simpler components geared to the lay person or high school student, or can be more medically specific, as would be appropriate for dental professionals.

Team Maureen, a nonprofit dedicated to ending cervical cancer by educating about the HPV-Cancer connection and the importance of prevention and early detection, in collaboration with Brigham and 92s Hospital have a long history of providing education across Massachusetts MA about Human Papillomavirus HPV. Our work has resulted in meeting unmet needs and gaps in educating underserved and at risk populations; and our projects have been replicated nationwide and published in several peer-reviewed journals. Our next undertaking involves educational outreach with 109 oral health providers.

The main aim of this project is to implement three HPV educational interventions in the Boston area to improve knowledge, attitude and comfort levels of OHPs in being able to talk to their young patients and parents regarding HPV. The ultimate goal of the project is to increase HPV awareness and knowledge and promote HPV vaccination.

The symposium will consist of a whole day CE workshop given by two speakers on the topic of ethnographic research and user experience and how these topics relate to providing library services and design that facilitate users' locating and accessing needed information resources. The workshop will include hands-on activities and small group work.

The NNLM Community Engagement Center CEC has been awarded an amount of $181,857 to pilot a human genetics program-in-a-kit film series, in cooperation with the Iowa Institute of Human Genetics IIHG, for public libraries. The NNLM will send approximately 250 film kits to small and 95 libraries, in cooperation with the Association of 95 and Small Libraries ARSL and the Public Libraries Association PLA. The purpose of this activity is to educate the public about human genetics, raise awareness of the NIH Research Program 71 and encourage public libraries to become members of NNLM.

The Health and Human Services Librarian at the University of New Hampshire will conduct a questionnaire to identify cost-effective information resources and needed training to assist a target group of Strafford County's healthcare and mental health providers with the assessment and development of opioid addiction treatments and prevention programs.

The creation of an online exhibit based on Stony Brook University Libraries' Dental Instruments: Past and Present will make important resources for research and teaching in the fields of dental history, material cultural studies, advertisement studies, and the medical humanities more widely available.

The St. Louis Medical Librarians Association requested a grant award in the amount of $235 to provide a program on impostor syndrome for the librarian community in St. Louis, Missouri. This program will address Impostor Syndrome, how to recognize it, how to deal with it, and how to help sufferers move beyond it. The St. Louis Medical Librarians group worked with Cynthia W. Bassett, the Electronic Services Librarian at the University of Missouri Law School Library who has been doing research in the area of impostor syndrome. The program was held on February 26, 2019 from 3:30-5 PM CTat St.

Project Summary: This is a collaborative project between the University of Memphis Community of 133s, and the Memphis Public Libraries. The purpose of this project is to provide access to COVID-19 related information to an underserved population, in the Memphis Area. The proposal goal is to implement a virtual education program. Aligned with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine SEA Region mission, this project aims to: Increase awareness and use of COVID-19 and other health information resources. Provide training in the use of health sciences information resources.

This project will improve mental health literacy and increase access to National Library of Medicine NLM resources on mental illness for adolescents and 88 in 95 Northeast Washington. This project will utilize the NLM Graphic Medicine and 88tal Health curriculum and creative, reflective journaling workshops to promote self-care and reflection alongside education and access to NLM resources.

For the students of Springfield Technical Community College STCC, the cost of an education continues to be a significant issue. More than half of STCC students receive Pell Grants for low-income students. In addition to the cost of tuition, fees, transportation to and from school, and basic living costs, students also struggle with the cost of textbooks and course materials. The cost is significantly high for students looking to train in the health sciences, where an individual textbook can cost more than $200.

This project will support Springfield Technical Community College Library's Open Educational Resources OER Initiative. Qualified faculty members will be awarded a stipend to convert their current course curriculum materials textbooks, assignments, quizzes, etc. to freely available OER or library materials.

Morningcrest Health Library MHL is a consumer health information center located in the Schusterman Center Clinic. MHL provides free public access to NLM databases, supported by the services of a professional medical librarian. The goal of this project is to provide an easier means of navigating online resources by incorporating new touchscreen computers. This will allow individuals who are challenged by a lack of computer skills, or those with limited dexterity, to explore websites independently.

Emergency planners will tell you the time to plan for an event is in advance of the event. Waiting until the last second can have dire consequences. So too is it true for most of life's challenges. In a business setting, managers plan far enough ahead to meet deadlines, avoid penalties, and assure proper utilization of resources. We can learn about future needs by looking at past history, as well as at current trends and making assumptions of future needs.

15-40 Connection and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine both work to provide access to vital health information to improve quality of life and the healthcare experience, especially in those audiences identified to have a greater need for these services. To close the gap in delayed diagnosis of cancer and provide the best medicine for cancer- early detection- individuals need to be empowered through an integrated approach to health education that drives behavior change.

The main focus of this program, to be held on December 5, 2017, is health and mental health literacy in diverse communities. There will be presentations from various library representatives including at least one from the National Library of Medicine-Mid Atlantic Region. The specific agenda thus far includes the following: - Keynote Speaker: Cynthia Baur, Ph.D., Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy at the University of Maryland, School of Public Health. Her keynote will address the importance of clear messaging to diverse audiences.

This request seeks to fund the purchase and support of 20 iPads loaded with NLM consumer health information for 88 and 86. This proposed project is a partnership between the Charlevoix Public Library and the Munson Charlevoix Hospital Education Department. The iPads will be placed in the Library, the Hospital Wellness Workshop facility, in selected physicians' and school nurse offices and used in health clinics for 109s and community senior events. The Health Librarian will train the health professionals to use the iPads and review specific NLM databases.

The Fraser Resource Center and Health Sciences Library project plan is to use mobile technology to bring health literacy awareness to the community of Hall County. The goal of this project is to promote health literacy resources and Research Program with the aid of mobile tablets. This proposal is requesting funds to purchase mobile devices tablets enabling medical librarians to further engage with the Northeast Georgia Health System NGHS community through specific outreach initiatives with the Hall County Public Library System.

This project would expand the Lawrence Public Library's ability to promote health literacy and access to reliable, authenticated health information, specifically from the National Library of Medicine and the Research Program. This funding would allow the purchase of two 2 interactive flat screens that will improve the delivery of health programming in a group setting and eight 8 Health kiosks installed in various library sections to provide residents personal access to high-quality NLM health resources.

This project will build upon a successful 5-year evolving partnership between the New Haven Free Public Library NHFPL and Liberty Community Services, Inc. LCS by integrating resources and references in case management services provided onsite at NHFPL. The services focus on people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing. Libraries, as default front doors to homeless services, are in a unique position to engage community members in need of information, support services and referrals related to health, housing and potential sources of income.

This project will build upon a successful 4-year evolving partnership between the New Haven Free Public Library NHFPL and Liberty Community Services, Inc. LCS by integrating resources and references in case management services provided onsite at NHFPL. The services target people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing. Libraries, as default front doors to homeless services, are in a unique position to engage community members in need of information, support services and referrals related to health, housing and potential sources of income.

Human papillomavirus HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the USA. Over 90% of cervical and anal cancers and 75% of oropharyngeal cancer are caused by persistent HPV infection. These infections, and the resultant cancers, can be prevented with vaccination. However, the islands of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket lag far behind the Massachusetts average in their HPV vaccination rates.

PT Plus is a 6-week program of 90-minute weekly sessions for families with 3-5 year old 86 that introduces literature and nutritional practices through activities that promote family-centered foundational skills in early nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and literacy. PT Plus's balanced and holistic approach to achieving school readiness promotes healthy eating, reading behaviors, and critical thinking through the discussion of engaging books and simple high-yield nutritional practices.

The goal of this project is to deliver and facilitate access to expanded health education, literature, and NNLM resources for vulnerable 86 and families in order to equip vulnerable 86 and their families with knowledge of a variety of health subjects and with information and resources on how to access reliable, appropriate health information as needed.

This grant application is for funding to hire a clinical skills expert to develop a health literacy/patient communication module to be incorporated into a mandatory clinical skills review course for third-year students. Students will be brought back to campus from their rotation sites for this course. The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is a fully accredited four-year school of medicine leading to the granting of the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree DO. This is a continuation of funding received last year to integrate health literacy into the Osteopathic Medicine curriculum.